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architect James M. Currier, Faxon was one of many architects who participated in the rebuilding of St. John. Faxon returned to Boston in
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Faxon married in 1882, to Mary Jane Carr of Quincy. They separated circa 1888, and she died in 1894. They had one daughter.
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History of
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The façade was incorporated into the design of the Bruce C. Bolling
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Designed in association with James Hayden Wright of Boston.
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105:of Detroit (1889–91) and the former
174:Byzantine Art and the New Old First
557:East Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
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295:Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts
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256:Newton, Massachusetts
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252:First Baptist Church
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99:First Baptist Church
555:James Otis School,
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679:Yale Alumni Weekly
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702:"Faxon's Child,"
627:Technology Review
609:George L. Faxon,
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68:Architect
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